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  • can do is, if we tell the unvarnished truth in a way that's engaging and not preachy, what I think will happen is that by illuminating all the dark corners of the American experience, we will help people find reconciliation and healing," he said.

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  • In fact, the phrase "wall of separation" isn't in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights; it comes from a letter Thomas Jefferson wrote to the Danbury Baptist Association in 1802.

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